Afternoon Classical playlist for 06/30/2011

Program: 
Afternoon Classical
  • Alexander Scriabin
-
Prometheus, the Poem of Fire
from
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
(
  • RCA
)
  • Igor Stravinsky
-
Apollo
from
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra
(
  • Columbia Masterworks
)
  • Elliot Carter
-
The Minotaur
from
  • New York Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Shwarz, conductor
(
  • Elektra Nonesuch
)
  • Maurice Ravel
-
Daphnis et Chloe
from
  • New York Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
(
  • Columbia Masterworks
)
  • Sarah Kirkland Snider
-
Excerpts of "Penelope:" The Lotus Eaters; Home; Dead Friend
from
  • Sarah Worden & Signal
(
  • New Amsterdam
)
  • Henry Purcell
-
Overture & Act I from "Dido & Aeneas"
from
  • English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor
(
  • Phillips
)
Classically-themed classical music. That is to say, classical music inspired not necessarily by classical-era classical music, but rather by the themes, myths, and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Department: 
Classical